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Asian migrations to Latin America in the Pacific World, 16th–19th centuries
Author(s) -
Seijas Tatiana
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/hic3.12364
Subject(s) - latin americans , periodization , narrative , reification (marxism) , historiography , ethnic group , asia pacific , pacific basin , perspective (graphical) , history , pacific rim , geography , political science , anthropology , ancient history , sociology , ethnology , oceanography , geology , archaeology , art , literature , politics , law , visual arts
This historiographical essay discusses Asian migrations to Latin America from a Pacific World perspective and employs a longue‐durée periodization. The Pacific World paradigm offers a path for studying the movement of people and ideas as multi‐directional flows that impacted communities around the Pacific basin. The pre‐1900 century timeframe similarly urges scholars to move beyond nation‐bound narratives and to consider instead the long‐standing cultural and ethnic ties that connected Asia and the Americas before the reification on national borders.